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 INSECTS SELIDOSEMID^: (continued) end of March and April is the time to look out for it Cleora lichenaria, Hufn. Sandrldge (Grif- fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Cheshunt Street (Boyd) Not a common species Selidosema repandata, L. St. Allans, Bricket Wood ;and - Welw (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman, Goodson) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Generally common but scarce at Cheshunt gemmaria, Brh. (rhomboidaria, Hb.). St. Allans and Bamville Wood, Har- penden Common (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- lum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Very common. This and the preceding species come regularly to 'light' Bupalus piniarius, L. Hitchin (Durrant) ; Chipperfield Common (Spencer); Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) Mr. Spencer saw this insect in considerable numbers on the 30th of June, 1894, flying round the tops of some Scotch firs and other conifers at Chipperfield Common atomarius, L. Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Wigginton Common (Elliman) Synopsia abruptaria, Thnb. St. Allans (A. E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- bury (Bowyer) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- man); Stevenage (Matthews); Cheshunt (Boyd) Although generally distributed through the county this moth is much commoner in some localities than others. It will be noticed that Mr. A. F. Griffith has not recorded it for Sandridge, and I do not take it very frequently at St. Allans ; at (continued) Cheshunt Mr. Boyd says it is scarce. On the other hand at Haileybury, Stevenage and Tring it is reported to be common. Writing from the last- named place Mr. Elliman says it is common about the town ; it is one of the early visitors to 'light' and may also be found on palings. At Bushey Heath Mr. Barraud finds it to be not so common now as formerly Abraxas grossulariata, L. A very common and variable species sylvata, Sc. (ulmata, F.). Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common (A. E. G.); Batch Wood (A. Lewis) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Tring Park (Foulkes) ; has been taken between Northwoodand Rickmansworth (H. Rowland-Brown) Scarce, but to be taken in some abundance where it does occur, being a weak flier adustata, Schiff. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Bricket Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Goodson) ; Turnford and Burton Grange (Boyd) Not common marginata, L. Hedges Farm, St. Al- lans, Bricket Wood, Symonds Hyde and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Grif- fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bricket Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Spen- cer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Generally common, especially where willows grow ; comes abun- dantly to ' light ' and is very variable Pseudopanthera punctata, F. (temerata, Hb.). St. Albans, Ashridge, Bricket Wood and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Grif- fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Roman road, Heath,' School List ; Watford (Spencer) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- man) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) Not common bimaculata, F. (taminata, Hb.). Bam- ville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common (A. E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' three speci- mens,' School List ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) Scarce 139